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  • Street Corn Salad

    I’m so glad May will be here soon–the weather is warming up, flowering trees are in full bloom, and more and more plants and flowers are springing up! And this time of year I start craving more summery kinds of foods–foods that are easy to make with minimal or no cooking involved. Like salads, for…

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  • Three-Bean Veggie Chili

    Chili makes a great meal on chilly days like today! So I thought it would be the perfect time to share this recipe for Three-Bean Veggie Chili. A friend of mine told me she makes veggie chili by substituting three cans of different kinds of beans for the meat in a regular chili recipe. That…

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  • Mini Brownie Bundts

    I recently made these chocolatey mini bundt cakes for a little birthday celebration and I had promised to post the recipe soon…so here it is! These little brownie cakes are great for special celebrations or even just when you want to indulge in a chocolaty treat for yourself. If you eat these little cakes while…

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  • Life’s Rests

    Sharing a quote about the pauses, interruptions, or “rests” we experience in life from time to time. Maybe you can relate to these words—I know I can!

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  • Cowboy Baked Beans

    Even though it’s spring, we’re still having some chilly days. We’re having summer-like days too. Last weekend we actually got a light amount of snow and the temperature was

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  • Giving it Forward

    Hello and hope you are having a nice Sunday! Today I wanted to share some excerpts from a book I read a few months ago—Be the Gift by Ann Voskamp. This is a shorter version of her book The Broken Way, which I’ve also read.

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